The school has well publicized explicit and coherent policies that seek to ensure that all students and staff experience no discrimination based on ethnicity, race, language or social class.
School policy seeks to ensure that students of all races and ethnicities have access to rigorous courses, such as honors and AP.
Tracking and inflexible ability grouping for instruction are not allowed.
School policy provides that struggling students will receive the extra time and support they need to achieve academically.
The curriculum helps all students understand the unique historical and contemporary experiences of different racial and ethnic groups.
The curriculum engages students in learning through positive interactions with students of different races, ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds.
The school honors and makes use of languages of students who speak a language other than English at home.
Efforts are made to recruit and retain a racially and ethnically diverse school staff.
Rules governing student behavior are understood and openly discussed, and disciplinary action is characterized by fairness and transparency.
Only as a last resort do disciplinary policies and actions remove students from learning opportunities.
Multiple forms of data are continuously collected and assessed to monitor possible racial and ethnic differences in student achievement, disciplinary actions, access to learning opportunities and the composition of student learning groups.
Family engagement strategies are well-developed and give particular attention to reaching out to and engaging culturally and linguistically diverse families.
The historic experiences, values and ongoing contributions of diverse ethnic, racial and linguistic groups are evident throughout the school, including public displays, classroom environments and the library.
School policy seeks to ensure that students of all races and ethnicities participate proportionately in a range of extracurricular activities.
